CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
THE "PBB9S" OOMPA>-T'S
OFFICSS.
grown the preeent accommodation prodded, mud making imperative dMHthTar more .pace* In order to alreadylarge output,aa well ac» P* o***0 *** for the future of a wpidly growing «» cern, plaae h»r. been prepired for »«»• raoditnw *cd handsome block of builtoge on the site so long occupied by the Fees Company.
A eoßtnet ft» portion has heem let teSTj- W«ab. who commenoedluß bnildiDg on the tadtJP«J« o the site, and wOl oonfcun xn tte taw. ment a publiahing-rooin, fitted wi& folding The tort floor will be deroted to the Job Priating Department, oompming offioe, and printing room, m«, Connected witn this bTrfto. aid immediately abore ifc is tte Kndeiy. -imflar in s«e. Over thw aeain is the first portion of the News CamJSbJr Boom, whidi wiU be open to tte rorfTligated by eky-lighta a. well «by aide wtodowe. Aooese to all the roome wfllbeobtainedbyaetMrcaeeat the back of the building for workmen onlf. A tramway wfll be laid, as at V«****>J*. OJa the itreet down to the back of the section, both for facility in carrying mthe heary bales of paper, kc., to the store, and aa« passage-way for the men employed in the variottß departmenta. The basement and the three npper rooms will be warmed with a hot water apparatus, the contract for the supply of which is let to Messrs Hement Broe. of this city, the work being carried «at from designs pared by Mr A. H. Hart. The whole building will be of brick on substantial concrete foundations, and will be erected from the plans drawn by Messrs Colline and F" , ™" l , the architects, and under their supervision. This addition, it is hoped, will enable the management of the Pbhs Company to cope with the increased and increasing demand for all the papers published by them. The proofs which have been received of the growing popolirity of these journals have been very gratifying, especially in the case of the Wxxkly Pbxsb, which it is not too much to say is now generally regarded as the leadisg weekly newspaper of agriculture, pporting, and general news published in New Zealand.
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6492, 14 July 1886, Page 3
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